Natural Oregon » oregon iron works http://www.naturaloregon.org Environmental News for Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:46:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Busy Day For Gov K: Wave Power And Clean Energy Jobs http://www.naturaloregon.org/2009/12/04/busy-day-for-gov-k-wave-power-and-clean-energy-jobs/ http://www.naturaloregon.org/2009/12/04/busy-day-for-gov-k-wave-power-and-clean-energy-jobs/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:32:58 +0000 Dennis Newman http://www.naturaloregon.org/?p=2576 Ted_kulongoskiThe Gov made two newsworthy environmental headlines today.

This morning, he kicked things off with an announcement that Oregon Iron Works has scored a contract to build a wave energy buoy for Ocean Power Technologies of New Jersey. OPT hopes to build a wave energy farm off the coast near Reedsport. Another nine buoys could be added to the contract.

See coverage from OregonLive and OPB.

Later he went to Seattle for a Clean Energy Forum with EPA Administrator Linda Jackson and Washington Governor Chris Gregoire. The main message from the event? The U.S. needs to move away from carbon based energy quickly, but doing so will help create green jobs.

See coverage from Climate Solutions.

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